THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 451 



QUARANTINE tJ^JS DIVISION 



Report for the Month of October, 1916. 



By Frederick Maskew. 



SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 



Steamship and baggage inspection: 



Ships inspected 80 



Passengers arriving from fruit fly ports 2,379 



Horticultural imports: Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 108,866 



Fumigated 1.002 



Refused admittance 52 



Contraband destroyed 18 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 109,938 



Pests Intercepted. 



From Central America: 



Aspidiotus cyanophylli on bananas. 

 Lepidosaphes gloverii on limes. 



From China: 



Lepidopterous larvae in walnuts. 

 Cylas formicarius in sweet potatoes. 

 Weevils in chestnuts. , 



From Hawaii: 



Diaspis bromeliw and Pseudococcus bromelicc on pineapples. 



Coccus longulus on betel leaves. 



Chrysomphahis aonidum, Lepidosaphes beckii and Lepidosaphes gloverii on limes. 



Chrysomphalus aoniduvi and Pseudococcus sp. on bananas. 



From Holland: 



Merodon equestris in bulbs. 



From Japan: 



Heterodera radicicola in Irish potatoes. 

 Pseudaonidia duplex on camellia, 

 Tribolium ferrugineum in ground rice. 

 Weevils in chestnuts. 



From Massachusetts: 



Lepidosaphes ulmi on twigs found in barrels of cranberries. 



From Mexico: 



Pseudococcus sp. on croton. 

 Chrysomphalus scutiformis on oranges. 

 Lepidosaphes gloverii on limes. 

 Calandra oryzw in canary seed. 



From New Zealand: 



Psyllids and Aphids on Brachyglottis plants. 

 Aspidiotus hederw on palm. 

 Chionaspis sp. on orchid. 



From Pennsylvania: 



Leaf miner in Japanese iris. 



From Venezuela: 



Diaspis boisduvalii and Isosoma orchidearum on orchid. 



